Episodes

Roger and Tom review the US presidential debate and Tom shares his thoughts on the first half of Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessig. http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/EastMeetsWest296-IsTheRepublicLost/eastmeetswest296.mp3

What makes a media format die? The dangers of energy drinks. Why we stay up late at home. How we related to the rave scene. What scene are you? Why Roger was born too early. The rise of the passionate employee and the community-oriented business. Why we’ll want serendipity in shopping. http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/EastMeetsWest291BornTooEarly/eastmeetswest291.mp3

How time flies, and things slow down at the same time. Why we pick where we live. Making new friendships. How self-driving cars reduce psychoses. Stranger danger. Also Prometheus. http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/EastMeetsWest290-Anti-metheus/eastmeetswest290.mp3

Roger and Tom share their thoughts on alternative medicine after Roger visits a chiropractor. Does the EU make internal borders unnecessary? What makes a nation or even an ethnic region come into being? And why the future will be like Burning Man. http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/EastMeetsWest287ABurningFuture/eastmeetswest287.mp3

Roger’s impressions of Hawaii, what made The Avengers so good, and could a Justice League movie ever get pulled off. http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/EastMeetsWest286-SuperfriendsAssemble/eastmeetswest286.mp3

This week Derrick Chen joins us to chat about immigration, the economics of growth, sustainability, robots, and the advantages of modern conveniences. http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/EastMeetsWest284-IMigrant/eastmeetswest284.mp3

We talk about beards, dragon names, grammar nazis, and the evolution of language. http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/EastMeetsWest283-LinguaChanga/eastmeetswest283.mp3 This podcast is brought to you by Audible.com the internet’s leading provider of audiobooks with more than 100,000 downloadable titles across all types of literature, including fiction, non-fiction and periodicals. For a free audiobook of your choice, go to audiblepodcast.com/east.

Tom talks about the end of Buzz Out Loud, Roger and Tom both discuss what makes good content ont he Internet and then Colleen, Chad, Nicole and Darren all join in to chat about all kinds of awesome. Get the episode at this link: http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/EastMeetsWest282GoodContent/eastmeetswest282.mp3

We talk about the state of California, why we move places, and the state of journalism. Also we talk about Space 2099. Get the episode at this link: http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/EastMeetsWest281-WhyDoWeMove/EastMeetsWest281.mp3

We talk about what goes into making an actually good President and how we should plan for a population decline. http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/EastMeetsWest279WhatMakesAPresident/eastmeetswest279.mp3

We talk about trusting cloud for data, robots in cars, and a little more about container homes. http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/EastMeetsWest278-CloudTrust/eastmeetswest278.mp3

Roger’s plan for living in containers needs a new foundation. But thankfully superheroes and magic distract us. http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/EastMeetsWest277-ContainerHome/eastmeetswest277.mp3

Tom and Roger are joined by Colleen to talk about some of the issue from the State of the Union including the economy and education. http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/EastMeetsWest276Edumakashun/eastmeetswest276.mp3

We determine Tolkien’s real intentions with LoTR, stereotype whole cultures, and hang out with Justin Robert Young from Weird Things and NSFWShow. http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/EastMeetsWest271-HobbitPatchouliAndStarlight/eastmeetswest271.mp3

We answer your comments on ghost stories and bathrooms then get into some education and military talk. http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/EastMeetsWest268UseAHairnet/eastmeetswest268.mp3